obgraham
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thomasmnile wrote:
And like anything satellite, cloud cover and precipitation will affect reception. But in areas without access alternatives, it's better than nothing, albeit expensive. The only folks who believe this are the cable company ad-writers.
I've had Dish for 22 years now. Never once had an outage for weather, clouds, snow, or rain. There used to be a 20 minute outage twice a year for solar interference, but that has gone away now.
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rexlion wrote:I wonder if these satellites will eventually be used to track all 5G users?
Different system entirely so no they won't .
That said. there are other already existing ways to do that. no matter if your phone is 3-4 or 5 G.
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I watched a YouTube video yesterday of a user that was in the middle of a snow storm. He said the dish was heated as he installed it initially, but not enough heat to keep the snow off and the d/l and u/l's dropped accordingly. He wiped the snow off and all was good again. He said he was in an area with virtually zero internet service and what he did have previous provided 1-2 Mbps on a good day. He was extremely happy with the new service which obviously will get better as the system matures.
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obgraham wrote:thomasmnile wrote:
And like anything satellite, cloud cover and precipitation will affect reception. But in areas without access alternatives, it's better than nothing, albeit expensive. The only folks who believe this are the cable company ad-writers.
I've had Dish for 22 years now. Never once had an outage for weather, clouds, snow, or rain. There used to be a 20 minute outage twice a year for solar interference, but that has gone away now.
Was a Dish subscriber until we sold our house in 2016. Every Spring solar flare, every moderate to heavy summer thunderstorm, every tropical system with heavy squalls, we lost the signal. Even had a tech from Dish come out and check antenna orientation and signal strength. No issues until it rained.
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I don't think the Starlink pricing is positioned to compete with other high speed providers in the city. More to serve the rural areas that have no option for high speed internet. Many many are still on dial up speeds. And of course there is a large federal grant available to the company that can solve this issue.
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I think Starlink is fantastic and will open up high speed internet to lots of rural folks that struggle with poor service now. It's fast already, but the word is that it will improve greatly in just a few more months.
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thomasmnile wrote:obgraham wrote:thomasmnile wrote:
And like anything satellite, cloud cover and precipitation will affect reception. But in areas without access alternatives, it's better than nothing, albeit expensive. The only folks who believe this are the cable company ad-writers.
I've had Dish for 22 years now. Never once had an outage for weather, clouds, snow, or rain. There used to be a 20 minute outage twice a year for solar interference, but that has gone away now.
Was a Dish subscriber until we sold our house in 2016. Every Spring solar flare, every moderate to heavy summer thunderstorm, every tropical system with heavy squalls, we lost the signal. Even had a tech from Dish come out and check antenna orientation and signal strength. No issues until it rained.
That was our experience with DirectTv. Storms, snow etc we would lose signal. Was especially frustrating when you need to watch the weather for bad storms and the irony was that the storm made you lose the signal.
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NamMedevac 70
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Like everything else the rest of the world will receive this service for free or very cheap reduced rates. Just saying.
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NamMedevac 70 wrote:Like everything else the rest of the world will receive this service for free or very cheap reduced rates. Just saying. Will be interesting when places like China, N Korea, Middle East get unfiltered communication with the world.
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If only rural customers in the US sign up, the company will go broke without MAJOR government subsidies. Maybe, in the future, when every remote area of the World is covered by his service he will be able to use that money (you know, they have LOTS of money in the remote reaches of the Outback and the desert) to subsidize the lack of US customers.
One of the biggest questions is why would anyone with good cable/fiber for nearly nothing want to sign up for this service? They answer is no one. So that only leaves the under served as potential customers and that's a much smaller base than the current internet providers have to draw from.
Don't get me wrong, I am hopeful it will be successful, will be mobile usable and will be reasonably priced. But, for now, my AT&T Mobley @ $23/month (truly unlimited) has served me very well throughout the US.
What I post is my 2 cents and nothing more. Please don't read anything into my post that's not there. If you disagree, that's OK.
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